Flat-tail Horned Lizard

Flat-tail Horned Lizard

Taxobox
name = Flat-tail Horned Lizard
status = NT
status_system = IUCN3.1


regnum = Animalia
phylum = Chordata
classis = Sauropsida
ordo = Squamata
familia = Phrynosomatidae
genus = "Phrynosoma"
species = "P. mcallii"
binomial = "Phrynosoma mcallii"

The flat-tailed horned lizard ("Phrynosoma mcallii") is named for Col. George A. M'Call. M'Call collected the first specimen in California in the 1800s. They occupy a small range in the Sonoran Desert of southwestern California, southwestern Arizona, and extreme northern Mexico. They are threatened by development, agriculture, and other man-made intrusions into their small range. The majority of their remaining habitat in the U.S.A. is administered by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM).

External links

* [http://www.californiaherps.com/lizards/pages/p.mcallii.html Listing at CaliforniaHerps.com]
* [http://ebeltz.net/herps/od-dex.html#M Detailed citation for first description]


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